This has been a fascinating year full of hacks and breaches with social, political and legal implications. Our world is changing at a break neck pace and I fear we lack the structure and vernacular to guard against the chasms forming in the foundations of society. When it comes to securing data I feel like the tech industry has ultimately made peace with mediocrity.

I am hopeful that in 2017 we are better prepared to combat the inevitable breaches that will be attempted.

Nerd Life Balance - What happens when a clear thinking mind is transformed into a self sustaining trap, just like Sisyphus.

Seek out vulnerabilities in your software before the criminals do (posted at POCIT) - Software development in many ways has lagged behind other engineering and scientific disciplines in academic rigor and professional regulations. When you take a closer look at most other engineering disciplines, they rest on a foundation of accretive professional standards, and on laws and regulations that expressly guard the public good.

ASP.NET Core Kestrel - The Need for Speed - Kestrel is the new cross platform .NET web server which runs on Linux, Mac and Windows 10 and will, eventually, run on Raspberry Pi. One the outstanding improvements is the sheer speed.

Imagining more than 3-Dimensions - Trying to imagine objects in more than three dimensions can feel like an exercise in futility. The most straightforward method for imaging four-dimensions (for me) is to imagine any object in three-dimensional space and using time as an additional dimension.

Remote Pair Programming - So what makes for a positive remote pair programming experience? All the things that make for a good local pair programming session but with a few minor prerequisites that can minimize the disadvantages of not being in the same location.